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Working in care in Knowsley

Huyton, Kirkby, Prescot, Halewood: how does care work fit together in Knowsley?

Knowsley wraps around the eastern edge of Liverpool, and it is less one town than a set of separate communities: Kirkby in the north, Huyton and Stockbridge Village in the middle, Prescot and Whiston to the east and Halewood in the south. Prescot has the most care employers of any single town, but services are scattered across all of them. About half of local employers are home care agencies, so many roles involve moving between these places during a shift. Kirkby, Huyton and Prescot all have railway stations, which helps for fixed site work, but a round that links Halewood with Kirkby is a long way round without a car.

Unlike many boroughs, Knowsley got slightly younger between the last two censuses. The median age dropped from 40 to 39, residents in their late twenties and early thirties grew by over a quarter, and the share of residents in work went up. That means more local people of working age who could come into care, and a busy jobs market competing for them.

Knowsley Council runs its own reablement service from the Fairclough Centre in Huyton, giving short term personal care and practical help to people coming home after illness or injury. The council also offers personal budgets that can be taken as direct payments, so people can arrange their own support, which is one way private personal assistant roles come about.

Whiston Hospital in Prescot is the main hospital of Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which also runs St Helens, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals. Knowsley Community College, now joined with St Helens College, has its main Knowsley campus on Stockbridge Lane in Huyton and offers a Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care.

80% of the inspected care employers in Knowsley are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across the North West and below England as a whole (85%).